Heidi is an award-winning director, writer, actress, and p.g.a. mark producer with over 25 years of experience bridging the American heartland and European cinema. Her solo feature directorial debut, Love & Vodka, won the 2025 SRFF Women’s Film Critics Circle Award for "Best Women Directed Film" and was the Closing Night selection of the 2024 Cinetopia Film Festival. With a career forged in New York, Berlin, and Michigan, Heidi specializes in stories of resilience. Her journey began in Berlin’s theater scene, apprenticing with Wim Wenders’ Road Movies GmbH, before transitioning to production on major studio titles such as Uncharted, Salt, The Gryphon (Amazon) and Pagan’s Peak (Sky) . A classically trained actress, she honed her craft at T. Schreiber Studio, Stella Adler, Schott Studios Berlin, and Jeff Daniels’ The Purple Rose Theatre. This foundation informs her "actor-first" directing philosophy, which she further refined while working on Her Telling Heart and Darcy.

As CEO of Personae Entertainment Pictures / Personae Film UG Germany, Heidi focuses on international co-productions with social impact. She holds an BA from the University of Michigan, a degree in Directing & Cinematography from the Motion Picture Institute, a Certificate from University of California, Los Angeles School of Film & TV's Advance Screenwriting Prof. Program, MIA from Columbia University, an MBA from Eastern Michigan University, and is an MBA candidate at Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF (exp. 2027). A champion for gender equity, she is the Founder of UPWIFT and a proud member of Film Fatales, the PGA, SAG-AFTRA, AEA, NYWIFT, Alliance of Women Directors, and WIFT Germany.